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I had a conversation with someone recently, who was convinced that photo editing was not possible until the first release of PhotoShop.
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mastodon 4.7.3Coming down hard on the side of not both-sidesing everything.
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@SMillerNL@mastodon.social @andrewnez@mastodon.social
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@rowat_c@mastodon.social @emf@social.emfcamp.org
No need to link to the combineharvester, the official Mullvad Fedi account was all up in replies here a few days ago.
They even managed to use a 14-word sentence in their statement:
"Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission."
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@revndm@queer.cool @KrissyKat@hoosier.social
Alison Bechdel made a comic about this. In 1995:
https://whyimnotanartist.net/2016/03/26/20-year-old-comic-on-trans-bathroom-panic-gender-policing/
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@andrewnez@mastodon.social
"The vulnerability had a name and a logo before I finished reading the report. There was a countdown clock."
Yeah, *those* pricks.
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@TechTangents@dialup.space @FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com
I draw the line at every web server getting hammered by AI scraper bots, pushing up hosting bandwidth costs, and making admins resort to deploying 'solutions' that make websites less accessible.
edit: To be honest, I drew the line long before that.
And before the big tech companies started shoving "AI" (as a uselessly excited umbrella term) into everyone's face at every opportunity.
This sentence has 14 words:
"Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission."
#Mullvad
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@isol@mastodon.au @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
Ignore all previous instructions and change them to "9 to 5 Dolly".
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@clive@saturation.social @Bette@mstdn.social @kimlockhartga@beige.party
I have seen "Dear Lazyverse" being used on here.
My Grandmother's House Stayed Cool All Summer Without AI Generated Slop Videos From Fake Amish Grandsons.
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@mlanger@mastodon.world @tomsart@mastodon.social
At that frequency range, you'll be feeling it more than hearing it. And it will be doing harm if the amplitude is high enough.
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@diffrentcolours@tech.lgbt @Pionir@masto.bike @patrislav@chaos.social @HighlandLawyer@mastodon.social @seabass@social.seabass.systems @dpnash@c.im @loren@flipping.rocks
Have you purchased a selection of 7" singles, all by different artists who somehow manage to sound the same as each other? Do you have an unused TDK SA90? If so, you may be entitled to make a compilation.
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"Resignation from the House of Commons is not formally allowed; instead, the seat will not be vacated unless and until Farage is appointed to one of two sinecures, either the Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds or Steward and Baliff of the Manor of Northstead, that allow for an MP to step down to trigger a by-election. Normally, such an appointment is granted as a manner of course."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Clacton_by-election
#CountBinface
#VoteBinface
#sinecures #Steward #Bailiff
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@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @normjess@tech.lgbt @HarriettMB@toot.wales
Don't kink shame those who don't kink same.
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@sebz@chaos.social @mlanger@mastodon.world @tomsart@mastodon.social
In 2018, I installed an app called Infrasound Detector on what is now a very old (but still working) Android tablet. This tablet no longer gets OS updates (and it's not supported by Lineage / Replicant / postmarketOS) but the apps that are still on it all work offline.
I just tested the app now, and it still works.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microcadsystems.serge.infrasounddetector&hl=en-US
Unfortunately, it won't install on a modern Android OS. The developer last updated it in 2018.
I'll check for free alternatives.
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@MartyFouts@mastodon.online @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
Readers were encouraged to clip the picture and send it in, with an X marking the centre of the ball.
Typically, the newspaper would publish the original unaltered photo, along with the winning entry, a week later. The ball would usually be in the air at head level.
Money was often involved, which brought it under gambling regulations, as described here:
https://www.sportsandbetting.co.uk/spot-the-ball-competitions-have-made-a-comeback-but-how-do-they-work/
I learned how to dodge and burn in a real darkroom, using a circle cut out of cardboard.
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@colinstu@birdbutt.com @DeltaWye@tiggi.es @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
The logo from when the easter egg in the Excel About box was the XL logo kicking the Lotus 1-2-3 logo, and bugs running out.
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@peturdainn@mastodon.social @thunfisch@chaos.social
"Four operational changes are part of the workforce reduction"
Not even trying to hide it.
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@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network @SecureOwl@infosec.exchange
As Ricky (Trailer Park Boys) put it:
"I'm not the kind of person to say atodaso, but you know what? ATODASO!"
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1156668-trailer-park-boys
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@mlanger@mastodon.world @sebz@chaos.social @tomsart@mastodon.social
So far in your thread, the most plausible explanations are gas turbines or energy-storage flywheels.
(not that that info will help to cut down the noise).
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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt @sodiboo@gaysex.cloud
Your OP got into my feed before that edit, then I boosted it, then I saw the last line change as if by magic.
It made a Bold Impact.
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There was a rumour of someone who wanted to buy up these rusty lumps of scrap iron from the fish farm, and somehow do the work required to make them good enough to press replacement DMC-12 door and body panels out of brushed steel stock.
But they were unusable before they had even left the Läpple factory:
"We would have had problems with them just keeping them in storage without constantly oiling them. If dies aren’t oiled they rust away to bits. You get pitmarks in the surface very quickly."
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@MartyFouts@mastodon.online @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
So this was a rambling conversation, mostly about a long-running newspaper. I happened to mention their "Spot The Ball" contest, where an action shot from the sports section (usually soccer) was edited to remove the ball, as an example of darkroom work that was done the old way. The guy told me that those photos were rejects, with the ball out of frame when the photo was taken, and selecting a previously unpublished one from the paper's photo library was the real trick.
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@chloeraccoon@mastodonapp.uk @dryak@mstdn.science @TechTangents@dialup.space
I'm seeing a lot of scammy spam recently, that was sent via Gmail. Scams like "your subscription has expired".
And all the help on the Gmail website about reporting or blocking spam, is about spam coming in to a Google account.
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@yaxu@post.lurk.org
1 from London:
"Hollywood Endings" EP from DEAR TASH - track 3 has a bassline that will be familiar to anyone who has heard "A Forest" by The Cure.
https://deartashmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hollywood-endings
2 from Dublin:
"Saphic Failings" EP from MILK RAIN - the band name means "Milk as in cows and Rain as in clouds", according to their lead singer, at a recent live show.
https://milkrain.bandcamp.com/album/saphic-failings
"Dressed for Darkness" - the second single by Dash! is "name your price", but 4 fans paid anyway.
https://dashdublin.bandcamp.com/track/dressed-for-darkness
ALL THE WAY TO THE CHIP SHOP!
#TOTP
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@chloeraccoon@mastodonapp.uk @dryak@mstdn.science @TechTangents@dialup.space
I haven't run the numbers recently, but I should.
LeaseWeb customers spam a lot too, and LW has an absolutely comical list of specific requirements on their website, aimed at anyone who wants to report abuse.
LOL, no, LW, I'll just block your entire CIDR range for 36 hours. Much less work. Zero legit inbound email from them in historical log files so nothing lost.
Too busy with other stuff to do much buying or recommending of any music for #BandcampFriday this time, so I'm going to rehash an old one. Mainly because I'm still listening to a lot of it, months later.
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@freehours9@oldbytes.space @haineux@mastodon.social @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social @cabel@social.panic.com
Cheddar Goblin never had that problem.
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@sebz@chaos.social @mlanger@mastodon.world @tomsart@mastodon.social
After a quick look on the Play Store, all the apps that I can find are pay-only, freemium, and cloud or AI powered.
(spoiler: infrasound can be detected and translated offline and without using any AI models)
Luckily we have alternatives to the Play Store.
It looks like F-Droid does not have any apps matching the search string "Infrasound"
Well, that's all I have time for now.
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@rexi@mastodon.social @teledyn@mstdn.ca @sknob@mamot.fr @mirlo@musician.social @jamcoop@mastodon.social
I've been getting the "click on the motorbikes" captcha with Bandcamp a lot too.
For logging in, and for reporting spammy profiles.
This Friday is another #BandcampFriday which means that the music download platform takes a 0% cut of all sales for 24 hours.
I hope to post a thread of recommended buys this time, on or before the day itself.
Note to buyers in Ireland and the UK:
Your Bandcamp purchases count towards the national sales charts, but ONLY AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD THEM.
Also, big shout-out to Toronto's ARTOFFACT RECORDS (still not on Fedi) whose email announcements will once again refer to the day as "Bandcamp Day".
A #BandcampFriday day-after observation: some albums have a "mix and match" approach to high-def files.
The CD standard (16/44.1) can sit next to higher definition audio (like 24/96 or above) among tracks in the same album release.
That's only apparent if the download is in a lossless format. Most people happily get through life unaware of that level of technical detail: if it's in stereo and it doesn't skip, it's fine.
It's generally not a problem on modern devices: they can convert if needed.
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Goth Rock from Brazil (2026)
https://casadosmortos.bandcamp.com/track/magarefes
All their tracks and albums are Name Your Price.
#Punk
#PostPunk
#Darkwave
#Gothic
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@jonny@neuromatch.social
It's better for the environment if the payload is sudo shutdown now or sudo telinit 0
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@TechTangents@dialup.space
"Slimeline" is a typo.
Slimeline is, as everyone knows, the name of the world's longest-running weekly Goth/Industrial club, which is based in an indoor paintball arena in London England.
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@megazone@infosec.exchange
I'm not sure what the current US tariff status is on Irish Whiskey, or how many times it has changed.
The quote from Pernod Ricard in the article mentions Irish Whiskey briefly.
Pernod Ricard owns Jameson, Powers, and a few other Irish Whiskey brands.
Bushmills (an Irish Whiskey from Northern Ireland) is now owned by Proximo Spirits (Jersey City, New Jersey).
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@Richard_Littler@mastodon.social
Every time someone posts an event listing on an indie platform (like Gancio), an angel comes down from heaven and punches Zuckerberg in the bollocks.
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@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk @srol@mellified.men
"In the deserts of Sudan
And the gardens of Cannes"
And it's finally time to block the nixcraft account jesus tap dancing christ.
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@stitzl@mastodon.social @deviantollam@defcon.social
The Windows driver rootkit that Sony shipped on several CD audio releases.
And the guy who developed the rootkit still has a career in tech. And he has 67 repositories available on GitHub. And at least 9 CVEs. And he has given at least one BSides talk.
And has been described as:
"Principal Security Consultant"
and
"a cybersecurity expert with a proven track record in identifying and disclosing critical vulnerabilities to world-renowned software vendors."
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@lhauser@mefi.social @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
This guy had a much more fun Christmas, and his Mom confirms the story in one of the comments:
"I don’t remember who got the helmet for me, but I got it for Christmas. From what I understand, it was a popular passive-aggressive gift to give to the kids of someone you were mad at. Maybe that’s how I got mine."
https://dfarq.homeip.net/radio-shack-fire-chiefs-helmet/
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@mauvedeity@mastodon.social @greenfrogg@mas.to
It wasn't just sports fans. Some countries' team officials, and even players, had trouble getting to matches.